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Synchrotron energy confinement time as a function of absorption coefficient Λ and cutoff energy γ max in 150 keV plasma (color lines) and energy confinement time in 10 keV plasma (black line). Units are arbitrary.
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Synchrotron radiation has markedly different behavior in $\sim 10~\textrm{keV}$ and in $\sim 100~\textrm{keV}$ plasma. We show that high-energy electrons which occupy the tail of velocity distribution function have disproportionate impact on power loss of $\sim 100~\textrm{keV}$ plasma. If electrons with energy more than a cutoff energy are redistr...
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... that surface density of kinetic energy stored in electrons in a plasma slab is n e T e L, energy confinement time is proportional to Λ/ I ω dω. The total improvement in synchrotron energy confinement time due to dependence on absorption coefficient and energy cutoff is shown in Figure 5. The synchrotron energy confinement time increases both with increase in opacity parameter Λ and with decrease in cutoff γ max . ...
